How about the 2006 movie Checkers? Of course, I'd never heard of it, but it at least seems to incorporate the game into the movie. I guess if Checkers were adapted like Battleship, then it would take place in a scarred landscape, lava broiling from the previous wars, and the recovering remnants of humanity would have to gather under an ingenious but young officer as it tries to combat aliens. The officer would of course be male, and there would be some sort of competition for a woman, either between father and boyfriend or between two guys, where one of them dies in the engagement. Whoever dies makes the other one promise to take care of her. The final engagement would involve trying to outmaneuver the alien craft through FTL jump maneuvers, and would end with the lieutenant-turned-general crowned king.

"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time

There are a few parts that kill me. Liam Neesen makes his lines sound awesome. XD But I digress. The scene where it shows three destroyers lined up in a arrow formation directly across from the aliens, who are in the same exact formation. That killed me. It was painful to watch. The line I hate the most though, is...

Put Tim Curry in anything and it automatically becomes "right". And why would Liam Neeson want to take part in such a film? I guess even he needs a paycheck...Or maybe he's just a really big Battleship fan.

"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time

"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time